Siding shingle



Aug. 27, 1935.

c. P. c :owAN S-IDING SHINGLE Original Filed April 22, 1929 INVENTOR CLARENCE P COWAN X ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 27, 1 935 PATENT OFFICE SIDIN G SHINGLE Clarence P. Cowan, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, assignor to The Patent and Licensing Corporation, Boston, chusetts Original application A Mass., a corporation of Massapril 22, 1929, Serial No.

357,246; now Patent 1,911,014. Divided and this application April 21, 1933, Serial No. 667,188

5 Claims.

. This application is a divisional of my co-pending application, Serial No. 357,246, filed April 22, maturing into Patent No. 1,911,014, May 23,

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in shingles and particularly to shingles used for covering walls-or sidings, and the object of the invention is to provide shingles which will simulate brick when laid on a wall.

According to my invention, I provide a shingle of the usual shape with slots extending inwardly from one edge. The shingles are each made in two colors, one color being the same as brick, while the other may be left black or the color of mortar. The shingles when laid on a wall, show a plurality of rectangles substantially the same size as the side of a brick, each surrounded by a border approximately the same thickness as the thickness of mortar usual in a brick wall.

In the drawing which illustrates my invention,

Figure l is a side elevation of a wall covered with my improved type of shingle;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of my improved shingles;

Referring'more particularly to the drawing, I have shown the shingle with diiTerent shades of stippling, as this will facilitate the reading of the drawing and also bring out very clearly where the improvement lies. The shingle designated H is of substantially rectangular form wltlr'slots !2 out therein at spaced intervals and froirithe edge l3. The main body of the shingle is of the usual construction, that is, a felt base covered or saturated with a waterproofing compound such as asphalt. The slots i2 are preferably but not necessarily made deeper than the depth of the ordinary standard brick. The surface which is exposed to the weather is covered with a wearresisting material of granular form.

The granular material used is of two diflerent colors, one the same color as the brick it is desired to simulate, while the other color ismade the same as mortar, or black, the color of the asphalt. The slots, as will be seen, divide one side of the shingle into tabs and the brick coloring thereon preferably does not extend the full depth of the slots so that when laid on a wall, rectangular brick colored surfaces are exposed. In the shingle detailed in Figure 2, two tabs are shown, but this number may be increased if so desired, by lengthening the shingle strip and increasing the number of slots. I

When laying the shingles on a wall, plain black or mortar colored shingles M are first laid along the lower edge of the wall. The two-colored shingles are then used and laid, in the usual manner, with the lower edges of the lowermost course spaced above the bottom edge of the shingles I 4, about three eighths of an inch, or the usual thickness of mortar. In laying all the other courses of the two-colored shingles, the lowermost edges of the shingles of each course are spaced above the line i5 of the shingles of the adjacent overlapped course. The line I5 is provided by the difm ferent coloring of each shingle.

The second row of shingles is then laid with the lowest edges vertically spaced from the line I5 caused by the different coloring of the two colored shingles. The space is equal to the usual thickness of mortar used in brick Walls. It will also 1 be seen, from Figure 1, that the slots are arranged in staggered form throughout the wall so that the wall 16, when covered with the shingles, will have the appearance of a brick wall.

.A wall covered with my improved shingle laid in the manner shown in Figure 1, will greatly enhance the appearance of a wall', and a house with the walls covered in such a manner will have the general appearance of a brick or brick encased house.

The colors used in the manufacture of the shingle may be red and black, or any desired combination which will simulate the combination of a brick color and a mortar color.

I claim as my invention:

1. A shingle strip adapted to be laid with other like strips in horizontal courses on a wall, said strip being made of fibrous material covered with a waterproofing compound and one surface covered with granular wear-resisting material, said shingle having slots along one edge dividing it into a series of tabs each substantially the length of a brick, said tabs being colored to simulate brick, the upper portions of thestrip 40 carrying a band of a color to simulate mortar when laid in a wall, said band extending uniformly across the strip over a transverse width corresponding substantially to the depth of said slots, said strip being adapted to be laid in courses with the slots of each course staggered with the slots of adjacent courses, and with the tabs of each course overlapping the mortar colored body portion of a subjacent course to expose vertical strips of mortar color through the slots, and with the lower edge of the brick colored areas of each course spaced from the upper margin of the brick colored tabs of a subjacent course by horizontal strips of mortar color, thereby to simulate a brick wall with vertical and horizontal mortar joints.

' having a plurality of tabs formed along the lower edge, the tabs being divided by slots, said tabs being brick colored to a depth slightly less than the depth of the slots, the upper part of the strip carrying a band or color to simulate mortar when laid in a wall, said band extending uniformly across the strip from the upper edge of the brick coloring and over a transverse width corresponding substantially to the depth of said slots, said strip being adapted to be laid in courses with the slots of each course staggered with the slo ts of the adjacent courses and with the tabs of each course overlapping the mortar colored body portion of a subjacent course to expose vertical strips of mortar color through the slots and with the lower edge of the brick colored areas of each course spaced from the upper margin of the brick colored tabs of a subjacent course by horizontal strips of mortar color, thereby to simulate a brick wall with horizontal and vertical mortar joints.

3. As an article of manufacture, a shingle strip made of fibrous material covered with a waterproofing compound and one surface covered with granular wear-resisting material, said strip having slots along the lower edge dividing it into a series of tabs, each substantially the length of a brick, said tabs being colored to simulate brick,

the depth of the coloring from the slotted edge being less than the depth of the slots, the upper part of the strip carrying a band of a color to simulate mortar when laid in a wall, said band extending uniformly across the strip from the upper edge of the brick coloring and over a transverse'width corresponding substantially to' the depth of said slots, said strip, being adapted to be laid in courses with the slots of each course staggered with the slots of the adjacent courses and with the tabs of each course overlapping the. mortar colored body portion of a subjacent course to expose vertical strips of mortar color through the slots and with the lower edge of the brick colored areas of .each course spaced from the upper margin of the brick colored tabs of a subjacent course by horizontal strips of mortar color, thereby to simulate a brick wall with horizontal and vertical mortar joints.

4. As an article of manufacture, a shingle strip having a plurality of tabs formed along its lower edge, the tabs being divided by slots, said tabs being surfaced with mineral granules of a color to simulate brick,'the upper part of the shingle being surfaced with mineral granules of a color to simulate mortar when laid on a wall, the brick colored mineral granules on the tabs extending over the entire length of the tabs,- and the mortar simulating granules extending uniformly across the upper part of the strip over a transverse width corresponding substantially to the depth of said slots.

5. As an article of manufacture, a shingle strip having a plurality of tabs formed along its lower edge, the tabs being divided by slots, said tabs being surfaced with mineral granules of a color to simulate brick, the upper part of the shingle being surfaced with mineral granules of a color to simulate mortar when laid on a wall, the brick colored mineral granules on the tabs extending over the entire length of the tabs, but over a distance, transversely of the strip, less than the depth of the slots defining the tabs, and the mortar simulating granules extending uniformly across the strip from the upper edge of the brick colored surfacing and over a transverse width equal at least to the depth of said slots.

CLARENCE P. COWAN. 

